{"id":181323,"date":"2026-07-03T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=181323"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:01:13","slug":"kaneka-biodegradable-polymer-green-planet-adopted-for-shimanos-fishing-lures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/kaneka-biodegradable-polymer-green-planet-adopted-for-shimanos-fishing-lures\/","title":{"rendered":"KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet\u2122 Adopted for Shimano\u2019s Fishing Lures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-14-um-13.37.45-1024x436.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181325\" style=\"width:631px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-14-um-13.37.45-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-14-um-13.37.45-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-14-um-13.37.45-150x64.png 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-14-um-13.37.45-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-14-um-13.37.45-400x170.png 400w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-14-um-13.37.45.png 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">        A sample of lure using Green Planet: &#8216;Salvage Solid 70S&#8217; \u00a9 Shimano<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Kaneka Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazuhiko Fujii) has announced that its KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet\u2122 (hereinafter &#8220;Green Planet&#8221;) has been adopted for fishing lures manufactured by Shimano Inc. (Headquarters: Sakai City, Osaka; President: Taizo Shimano; hereinafter &#8220;Shimano&#8221;).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fishing lures are commonly manufactured from general-purpose plastics. As a result, lost lures in marine or freshwater environments may contribute to plastic pollution and pose an additional environmental burden. Green Planet is a 100% biomass-derived biodegradable polymer developed by Kaneka based on our desire to provide environmentally friendly solutions that do not depend on petroleum resources. Due to its biodegradability into CO<sub>2<\/sub> and water by microorganisms living in soil and seawater, it can contribute to solving the problem of marine plastic pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining Shimano&#8217;s advanced design and manufacturing technologies with the material properties of Green Planet, Kaneka and Shimano have succeeded in meeting the demanding quality requirements expected of fishing lures \u2014 including operability and the durability needed for repeated use \u2014 leading to the development of this product. Shimano is actively committed to resource circulation and reducing environmental impact by promoting the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) through such initiatives as reducing single-use resources in replacement parts for bicycles and plastic packaging materials for fishing rods, and reusing and recycling logistics-related materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on our mission of KANEKA thinks \u201cWellness First\u201d, Kaneka provides value globally as a solution provider. Using our proprietary polymer technology and biotechnology, we aim to advance Green Planet globally for a sustainable society, applying solutions not just to single-use plastics like straws and cutlery, but also to durable consumer goods, as demonstrated by the current example.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/shimano-1-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181327\" style=\"width:515px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/shimano-1-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/shimano-1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/shimano-1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/shimano-1-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/shimano-1-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/shimano-1-1-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2026\/09\/shimano-1-1.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaneka Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazuhiko Fujii) has announced that its KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet\u2122 (hereinafter &#8220;Green Planet&#8221;) has been adopted for fishing lures manufactured by Shimano Inc. (Headquarters: Sakai City, Osaka; President: Taizo Shimano; hereinafter &#8220;Shimano&#8221;). Fishing lures are commonly manufactured from general-purpose plastics. As a result, lost lures in marine or [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":181327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Green Planet is a 100% biomass-derived biodegradable polymer developed by Kaneka based on our desire to provide environmentally friendly solutions that do not depend on petroleum resources","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[11270,10975,5847,12679],"supplier":[9324,28544],"class_list":["post-181323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biodegradability","tag-biopackaging","tag-bioplastics","tag-recyclability","supplier-kaneka-corporation","supplier-shimano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181323"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181340,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181323\/revisions\/181340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181323"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=181323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}